take

accept, receive, admit, take

这些动词均有“接受、接纳”之意。
accept: 强调主动地或自愿地接受，或者说，经过考虑后同意接受。
receive: 着重仅仅接到或收到这一结论或事实，而不含采取主动或积极行动的意思。
admit: 作“接受”讲时，强调准许或批准。
take: 与receive同意，是receive的日常用法，侧重不带主观意愿地收下或接受。

bring, carry, take, fetch, get, convey, transport

这些动词均有“带、拿、取”之意。
bring: 指从某处把人或物带到或拿到说话者所在的地点，强调方向，不着重方式。
carry: 指把物品从一个地方带到另一个地方，不涉及方向，只强调方式。
take: 指从说话人或说话人心目中所在处把某人或某物带离开，带到离说话者有一定距离的地方，与bring的方向正相反，侧重方向，不着重方式。
fetch: 指一往一返，相当于go and bring，去取了东西或带人再返回到出发处。
get: 口语用词，与fetch基本同义，语气随便。
convey: 指通过中间人传递信息，或以某种方式把人或物送到目的地。
transport: 指使用车辆或机械设备把人或货物从一处运载到另一处。

cost, expend, spend, take, pay

这些动词均含“花费”之意。
cost: 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物，而不能由人充当，也不用被动形式。
expend: 较正式用词，通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。
spend: 普通用词，与cost基本同义，但主语必须是人。
take: 普通用词，指需要占用空间、时间或精力等，其主语可以是人，也可以是一件事情。
pay: “付款、给……报酬”，它可作及物动词也可作不及物动词。pay常用于以下几种句型：①sb．pay（s）sb．money意为“某人付款给另一个人或某人给另一个人多少报酬”。

• he pays me fifty yuan a week．
  他每周给我五十元的报酬。

②pay for sth．意为“付……款、给……报酬”。

• he has paid for the meal．
  他已付了那顿饭的钱。

③pay money for sth．意为“花多少钱买某物”。

• my father paid 40 pounds for the desk．
  我父亲花了40英磅买了这张书桌。

take, grasp, grab, grip, clasp, clutch, snatch, seize

这些动词均有“抓住，握紧”之意。
take: 最普通用词，不带感情色彩。指用手抓、取某东西或控制某物。
grasp: 指紧紧抓住、抓牢。
grab: 指粗暴而急迫的抓住。
grip: 语气比grasp强，指用手的最大力量紧紧抓住。
clasp: 指用手紧握或用臂紧抱。
clutch: 强调匆忙、紧急地抓、抓紧。
snatch: 指突然抢走，侧重动作更快或更具暴力性质。
seize: 指突然抓住某物，强调突然的猛烈动作。

名词 take:

1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   同义词：return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

动词 take:

1. carry out
2. require (time or space)
   同义词：occupy, use up
3. take somebody somewhere
   同义词：lead, direct, conduct, guide
4. get into one's hands, take physically
   同义词：get hold of
5. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
   同义词：assume, acquire, adopt, take on
6. interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
   同义词：read
7. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
   同义词：bring, convey
8. take into one's possession
9. require as useful, just, or proper
   同义词：necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand
10. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
    同义词：choose, select, pick out
11. travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
12. receive willingly something given or offered
    同义词：accept, have
13. assume, as of positions or roles
    同义词：fill
14. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
    同义词：consider, deal, look at
15. experience or feel or submit to
16. make a film or photograph of something
    同义词：film, shoot
17. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    同义词：remove, take away, withdraw
18. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    同义词：consume, ingest, take in, have
19. accept or undergo, often unwillingly
    同义词：undergo, submit
20. make use of or accept for some purpose
    同义词：accept
21. take by force
22. occupy or take on
    同义词：assume, strike, take up
23. admit into a group or community
    同义词：accept, admit, take on
24. ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
25. be a student of a certain subject
    同义词：learn, study, read
26. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
    同义词：claim, exact
27. head into a specified direction
    同义词：make
28. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment
    同义词：aim, train, take aim, direct
29. be seized or affected in a specified way
30. have with oneself; have on one's person
    同义词：carry, pack
31. engage for service under a term of contract
    同义词：lease, rent, hire, charter, engage
32. receive or obtain by regular payment
    同义词：subscribe, subscribe to
33. buy, select
34. to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
35. have sex with; archaic use
    同义词：have
36. lay claim to; as of an idea
    同义词：claim
37. be designed to hold or take
    同义词：accept
38. be capable of holding or containing
    同义词：contain, hold
39. develop a habit
40. proceed along in a vehicle
    同义词：drive
41. obtain by winning
42. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    同义词：contract, get

1. The machine takes its name from its inventor.
   这机器的名字来自其发明者。
2. I passed him the rope and he took it.
   我递给他绳子，他接住了。